This press release on Sun’s web site announces the new agreement between Sun and Google for Google Desktop on Sun’s Java platform. That is very nice but the last couple of paragraphs hint at something much bigger:
Only the Beginning
The distribution of Java and the Google Toolbar underscores Google’s advocacy of Java technology….
The agreement between Sun and Google also kicks off further collaboration between the companies on projects like OpenOffice.org, the open source productivity suite that is the world’s leading suite on the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) and Linux–and the leading alternative suite on Microsoft Windows.
Does this look like so much technobabble? Here is the translation to English: Imagine a full replacement for Microsoft Office, running in your web browser, with no software to install, for free.
